🌟💥🚨 Iran Used $2 Billion in Crypto to Run Its Militant Proxies in 2025
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In 2025, a massive shift in the digital financial landscape saw Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) move over $2 billion in cryptocurrency to bypass international sanctions and fund its militant proxies, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.
This "crypto shadow war" is part of a broader, unprecedented surge in illicit on chain activity, which reached $154 billion globally a 162% increase from the previous year.
The report by Chainalysis highlights that while Iran is a major player, it is part of a larger network of sanctioned states weaponizing digital assets. Russia led this trend, driven by its ruble pegged A7A5 stablecoin, which facilitated $93 billion in transactions and caused a sevenfold increase in crypto activity among sanctioned entities.
Meanwhile, North Korean hackers had their most damaging year yet, stealing approximately $2 billion through increasingly sophisticated methods.
The landscape is further complicated by Chinese Money Laundering Networks (CMLNs), which have professionalized crypto crime. These groups now offer "laundering as a service," supporting everything from fraud and North Korean hacking to the direct financing of terrorism.
Critically, the report warns that crypto crime is moving beyond digital theft into physical violence. In 2025, physical attacks on Bitcoin holders rose by 33%, while violent robberies and kidnappings linked to crypto jumped 169%.
This evolution shows that digital assets are no longer just tools for financial evasion but are deeply intertwined with global instability, human trafficking, and physical coercion.
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